I cannot separate Christ from sufferings, Christ will separate me from my sins; if I seek him, I must let them go; if I profess Christ, providence will one time or other bring me to this dilemma, either Christ or earthly comforts must go. It is […]
John Calvin
It is the duty of the faithful to “present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God;” and that in this consists the legitimate worship of him. Hence is deduced an argument for exhorting them: “Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed […]
We make an idol of our own wills As man naturally disowns the rule God sets him, and owns any other rule than that of God’s prescribing, so man does this in order to the setting himself up as his own rule, as though our own […]
When we refuse to deny self, we deny Christ.
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